CORNELL'S MAIN LINAC CRYO-MODULE PROTOTYPE

In preparation for building an energy-recovery linac (ERL) based synchrotron-light facility at Cornell University which can provide greatly improved X-ray beams due to the high electron-beam quality that is available from a linac, a phase 1 R&D program was launched, addressing critical challenges in the design. One of them being a full linac cryo-module, housing 6 superconducting cavities operated at 1.8 K in continuous wave mode, 7 HOM absorbers and 1 magnet/ BPM section. The final design will be presented and a report on the fabrication status that started in late 2012 will be given.